By Ilias Karagiannis.
A bill for the establishment of a Greek National Tourism Office (EOT) in Melbourne, Victoria was passed by Greece’s Parliament late on Thursday night.
The bill focused on support measures for victims of the Tempi train tragedy, as well as “interventions for the modernisation of tourism legislation.” The EOT office was in Article 38 of the bill.
The Greek Herald first reported the bill was being debated by the Greek Committee on Production and Trade on Tuesday.
Greece’s Tourism Minister, Vassilis Kikilias, confirmed in January this year that his ministry wanted to open an EOT office in Melbourne, Victoria by April 2023.
The office will be housed at the Greek Community of Melbourne’s (GCM) landmark Greek Centre in Lonsdale Street.
The Greek Tourism Minister also thanked the President of the GCM, Bill Papastergiadis, for his “very good and constructive cooperation and also for granting the building facilities that will house the GNTO office.”
